tio
1. (verb) (-a) to be sharp, piercing (of the cold).
I te roa e tioa ana e te mātaratara, ka poroa ngā matimati o tana waewae mauī (PK 2008:931). / Because he was so long exposed to the intense cold, the toes of his left foot were amputated.
Synonyms: ratarata, hīmoemoe, kokoi, aneane, ngutu atamai, whakakoikoi, piki, pīrata, koi, naho
2. (modifier) freezing.
Mehemea kāhore e utua ngā nama, ka ākina rātou ki tētahi whenua e noho pūmautia ana e te huka, ā, whawhati ana ō rātou wheua i te hukapapa tio (TTR 1994:186). / If they did not pay they would be sent to an ice-bound country where their bones would crack from the freezing cold.
3. (noun) ice, freezing cold.
Kia mātaratara i runga, kia mātaratara i raro, kia ao ake te rā, he tio, he keho, he hauhunga (TMT 2/9/1861:23). / Let it be intensely cold above and below, let the day dawn with freezing cold, ice and frost.
4. (noun) rock oyster, Saccostrea cucullata - a bivalve mollusc found cemented to rocks below high tide. Because of its clustering habit it assumes varied shapes. Found only on the northern coast of the North Island.
Ko ā rāua tio mā tāua mō te Kirihimete (TWK 11:21). / Their rock oysters will be for you and me for Christmas.
See also tio repe
Synonyms: tio repe, matapura, tōrire, hānea, karahiwa, kararuri, karekawa, kawari, koeo, koeti, koriakai, korohiwa, korona, kororiwha, kūpā, marapeka, matamatangongo, mātangata, matatangata, kōramu
5. (noun) rough tree fern, Dicksonia squarrosa - native, medium-sized tree fern with a slender, often branching, trunk covered with black, peg-like remains of fallen fronds. Few fronds that spread horizontally with a few persistent brown dead fronds.
Tio
1. (loan) (personal name) Joe.
Ngā mangumangu kua whakapaea mō taua kōhuru ko Timi me Tio Kāwana, ko Tiaki Anawatu, ko Tiaki Poata me te wahine a Timi Kāwana, he wahine Pākehā (TP 8/1900:10). / The [Australian] blacks accused of that murder are Jimmy and Joe Governor, Jack Anawatu, Jack Porter and the wife of Jimmy Governor, a European woman.
tio
1. (verb) to cry, call (of a bird).
Ko tēnei manu, ko te kōmakohuariki, ki te haere ngā waka ki te hī hāpuku, ka tio taua manu, arā ka tangi, e kore rawa e mau tētehi hāpuku (W 1971:131). / If the canoes go off to fish for groper, this bird, the kōmakohuariki, will call and not a single groper will be caught.
tio repe
1. (noun) rock oyster, Saccostrea cucullata.
Synonyms: tio
